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Travel safely with these electronics packing tips

Travel safely with these electronics packing tips

Chocolate cake in a mug with a spoon

Add a dash of chemistry for the best microwave mug cake of your life

By Jason Lederman

How to make caramel at home without losing your mind

How to make caramel at home without losing your mind

By Mary Beth Griggs

How to save all the cool posts you find on social media

How to save all the cool posts you find on social media

The best apps for overworked parents

How to choose the best TV streaming device for you

How to choose the best TV streaming device for you

Take a break from Facebook and try one of these alternate social networks

‘Speed reading’ isn’t real, but you can still train yourself to read faster

‘Speed reading’ isn’t real, but you can still train yourself to read faster

By Eleanor Cummins

Every DIYer should know about these apps

Every DIYer should know about these apps

Seven event-planning apps to bring people together

24 hidden Windows settings to help you compute better

24 hidden Windows settings to help you compute better

The search engines you’ll need for every type of question

Smart assistant apps

We pitted digital assistants against each other to find the most useful AI

How to train your Facebook News Feed to give you the info you want

How to train your Facebook News Feed to give you the info you want

Using your smartphone is better with a stylus

Using your smartphone is better with a stylus

How to actually succeed on a dating app

The best apps to get your financial act together

The best apps to get your financial act together

Tech tricks to help you organize your digital photo library

Tech tricks to help you organize your digital photo library

How to find the best apps—and avoid the duds

How to find the best apps—and avoid the duds

How to save everything you post to social media

How to save everything you post to social media

Three human-powered tools for maximum destruction

Three human-powered tools for maximum destruction

By Stan Horaczek

How to stop hackers from rickrolling your smart speaker

How to stop hackers from rickrolling your smart speaker

By Corinne Iozzio

Save a snowflake for decades

By Theodore Gray

Food science tricks to make the perfect popcorn

Food science tricks to make the perfect popcorn

By Claire Maldarelli

This holiday season, fix your loved one’s computer without having to visit them

This holiday season, fix your loved one’s computer without having to visit them

What to do if your dog eats your Christmas chocolates

What to do if your dog eats your Christmas chocolates

By Claire Maldarelli

The easiest way to keep your home warm this winter

The easiest way to keep your home warm this winter

By Sophie Bushwick

Amazon tracks everything you buy. Here’s how to make that work for you.

Amazon tracks everything you buy. Here’s how to make that work for you.

How to actually get noticed on social media

How to actually get noticed on social media

Fund a Kickstarter without losing your money—or your mind

Facebook on a phone screen.

Speed up your phone with ‘lite’ versions of apps

Six apps and trackers to find your lost gadgets

Six apps and trackers to find your lost gadgets

How to prepare your car for winter

How to prepare your car for winter

By DriverSide Staff

How to prepare your home for winter

How to prepare your home for winter

By Mary Beth Griggs

zombie apocalypse vehicle

This is the motorcycle you need to escape the apocalypse

By Zack Courts/Motorcyclist

17 gadgets and apps to make your dumb car smarter

17 gadgets and apps to make your dumb car smarter

31 ways to optimize your smartphone

31 ways to optimize your smartphone

You can use aluminum foil to strengthen your Wi-Fi signal

You can use aluminum foil to strengthen your Wi-Fi signal

How to make a sourdough starter—and keep it alive

How to make a sourdough starter—and keep it alive

By Nicole Wetsman

How to test your tap water for lead

How to test your tap water for lead

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

Eight Gmail add-ons you didn’t know you needed

Eight Gmail add-ons you didn’t know you needed

An isolated micrometeorite about 0.5 mm in diameter.

Hunt for meteorites in your own yard

By Sophie Bushwick

You should make fermented veggies—for science

You should make fermented veggies—for science

By Mary Beth Griggs

Try these 10 awesome virtual-reality apps for Google Daydream View

Why and how you should switch to Linux

Save your money and your data by preparing your phone for travel

How to keep your old videos, music, and photos safe forever

How to keep your old videos, music, and photos safe forever

How to build the video game you wanted when you were 13

How to build the video game you wanted when you were 13

By Billy Cadden

How to shoot the best video on your smartphone

Five advanced Chromecast hacks to level up your streaming experience

Five advanced Chromecast hacks to level up your streaming experience

Archive Gallery: The Geodesic Life

Archive Gallery: The Geodesic Life

Archive Gallery: Mail Order Kits, From the Back Pages of PopSci

Archive Gallery: Mail Order Kits, From the Back Pages of PopSci

Garden Hose: July 1955

Archive Gallery: Offbeat Uses for Common Household Objects

An Alarm Clock Lazy Susan for Lazy People, November 1939

How To Hack Your Alarm Clock [Gallery]

20 essential Mac keyboard shortcuts to save you a click

20 essential Mac keyboard shortcuts to save you a click

Make your life paperless with these apps and gadgets

Make your life paperless with these apps and gadgets

Show your social savvy with these advanced Snapchat tricks

Show your social savvy with these advanced Snapchat tricks

11 new iOS 11 features to try

11 new iOS 11 features to try

Six apps to add blockbuster special effects to your smartphone videos

Google Drive is changing—here’s how to prepare

Google Drive is changing—here’s how to prepare

Your routines might be screwing with your body. Here’s how to fix it.

Your routines might be screwing with your body. Here’s how to fix it.

By Claire Maldarelli

Your schedule could be killing you

By Leslie Kaufman

This man would like to kill your holidays

This man would like to kill your holidays

By Matt Hongoltz-Hetling

How to find legitimate deals on tech

How to find legitimate deals on tech